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RE: [alac] At-Large Newsletter Feb/Mar
- To: Jean Armour Polly <mom@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: RE: [alac] At-Large Newsletter Feb/Mar
- From: Wendy Seltzer <wendy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 09:43:00 -0400
I'd leave it as one piece unless we get so many comments it's overwhelming.
--Wendy
At 08:24 AM 5/4/2006 -0400, Jean Armour Polly wrote
OK, I put it where it goes and made a brief
pointer from the front page. What about the
breaking out the separate topics, do people
think that is necessary? It would allow users to
comment on each section of the newsletter
individually instead of all at once as it is now? A good plan? Not needed?
At 2:11 PM +0000 5/3/06, Roberto Gaetano recently said:
Jean,
What I meant was much a simpler thing.
There's a page on our website, probably copied
over from the old one, that lists all
newsletters:
http://icannalac.org/content/category/11/47/83/.
It is referenced by the thumbnail "Newsletters" in the main menu.
This can be done as soon as the newsletter goes
out, as it needs no further manipulation.
Then, when the thing is split according to the
description you give, we could also add an
entry in the 'Newsflash" section, giving pointers.
Just a suggestion.
Regards,
Roberto GAETANO
ALAC
ICANN BoD Liaison
From: Jean Armour Polly <mom@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Roberto Gaetano" <alac_liaison@xxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: alac@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [alac] At-Large Newsletter Feb/Mar
Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 08:01:37 -0400
Of course! I haven't gotten to it since I got
it last Friday as Denise wants each article up
separately so that people can comment
separately, which is a good idea, though it
will take more time. It will be up very shortly, though.
JP
At 11:42 AM +0000 5/3/06, Roberto Gaetano recently said:
Can we have the newsletter on the web site
(under Newsletters but also with a mention on
the homepage, where we have the headlines of the new items)?
Thanks,
Roberto GAETANO
ALAC
ICANN BoD Liaison
From: ICANN At-Large - Denise Michel <michel@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "At-Large Advisory Committee (publicly archived)" <alac@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [alac] At-Large Newsletter Feb/Mar
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:44:06 -0700
ICANN AT-LARGE NEWSLETTER
In this issue:
? Action: THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER?
If you are interested in helping to lead
ICANN (or know someone who is) now is the
time to apply for a position on ICANN?s
Board, the ALAC, or a Supporting
Organizations? Council. Recommendations and
statements of interest are being sought by
ICANN?s Nominating Committee. More
information and application forms are
available at <http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18apr06.htm>.
? Action: CAN REGISTRY POLICIES &
CONTRACTS BENEFIT USERS? Of course they
can. But to what degree do they? The GNSO
Council is seeking public comments on
developing policies on several issues that
apply to generic top level domains (gTLDs)
(eg. price controls), rather than treating
them as matters to negotiate with each
Registry separately on a contract by
contract basis. The ALAC is considering all
this in terms of users? interests and
welcomes your input. Public comments are
needed by 30 April. More information is
posted at <http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16mar06.htm>.
? Information: CHECK-OUT
WWW.ICANNALAC.ORG Members of the ALAC
created a new website -- www.icannalac.org
-- for the At-Large community. It is
intended to help inform and encourage a
dialogue among members of ICANN's At-Large
community about domain name system issues
that affect the world's Internet users.
At-Large community members are encouraged to
register and share thoughts, announcements,
news and commentary relating to ICANN and
the interests of individual Internet users.
? Information: SOMETHING?S MISSING IN
THE DNS A majority of the world?s Internet
users can?t have a domain name in their own
language (using non-Latin scripts). ICANN
established guidelines for the introduction
of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) on
the second level of the DNS (domain name
system) last year, and now the ICANN
President's Advisory Committee on IDNs has
proposed a timetable leading to the
technical testing of IDNs in top level
domains (the TLD level). More information is
posted at
<http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-14mar06.htm>.
The ALAC?s latest IDN statement is posted at
<http://icann.org/meetings/wellington/alac-idn-statement-27mar06.htm>.
? Information: IF YOU MISSED THE
AT-LARGE FORUMS ON NEW TLDs & IDNs, CATCH
THEM ON-LINE At the recent Asia-Pacific
ICANN meeting in Wellington, the ALAC
sponsored a forum on how to launch a new top
level domain selection process that enhances
user and registrant choice worldwide, and a
workshop to educate and inform users on
implementing internationalized domain names
(IDNs) so the world's non-English speaking
communities can use domain names in their
own language. An Asia-Pacific At-Large
Organizing meeting and ALAC meetings also
were held in Wellington. For those who
couldn?t make it to New Zealand, audio files
and wiki notes have been posted by attendees. It?s almost like being there.
? Information: AT-LARGE NOW
EXTRA-LARGE At-Large continues to grow,
welcoming its newest user
groups: Privaterra, based in Canada;
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial
E-mail, based in the USA; Internet Society
Hong Kong, based in P.R. China; Internet
Society Quebec, based in Canada; and CAUCE
Canada. Thirty-eight organizations have
registered as ?At-Large Structures? and
applications are pending from 14 more groups
worldwide that want to involve individual
Internet users in ICANN. Join a group or
form a new one. Information is posted at
<http://alac.icann.org/announcements/announcement-23may05.htm>.
? Information: NEW ALAC CHAIR: At
the ICANN Wellington meeting, ALAC member
Annette Muehlberg took over for the ALAC?s
founding Chair, Vittorio Bertola. The ALAC
joins the ICANN community in thanking
Vittorio for his dedicated leadership and
vision in launching and leading the ALAC and
the growing network of At-Large user groups.
? Dates to Watch:
o 30 April 2006 Public
comments due on Policies for Contractual Conditions for Existing Registries
<http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16mar06.htm>.
o 30 April 2006 On line
survey for review of the GNSO closes. Take the survey at
<http://www.icann-gnsoreview.org/>, or
contact the research team at +44 207 955 6064
or via email at <j.tinkler@xxxxxxxxx>.
o 5 May 2006 Papers due on
Policies for Contractual Conditions for Existing Registries
<http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-11apr06.htm>.
o 10 May 2006 ICANN Board
consideration of the proposed .XXX registry agreement
<http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-20apr06.htm>.
o 26-30 June 2006 ICANN
meeting in Marrakech, Morocco < http://icann.org/meetings/>.
o 16 July 2006 Statements
of Interest for ICANN leadership positions due to the Nominating Committee
<http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18apr06.htm>.
________________________________________
? Action: THINK YOU CAN DO BETTER?
If you are interested in helping to lead
ICANN (or know someone who is) now is the
time to apply for a position on ICANN?s
Board, the ALAC, or a Supporting
Organizations? Council. Recommendations and
statements of interest are being sought by
ICANN?s Nominating Committee. More
information and application forms are
available at <http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-18apr06.htm>.
Statements of interest for the following positions are being accepted:
? Three members of the ICANN Board of Directors
? One member of the Council of the
Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
? One member of the Council of the
Country-Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
? Two members of the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
ICANN?s Nominating Committee will be
appointing individuals to these positions
this Fall. The Committee, as always,
includes five delegates from At-Large (one
from each geographic region; see
<http://alac.icann.org/announcements/announcement-08feb06.htm>).
It is an independent committee responsible
for selecting a majority of the members of
ICANN's Board and other positions within
ICANN. The Nominating Committee states that
individuals it selects ?will have a unique
opportunity to work with accomplished
colleagues from around the globe, address
the Internet's intriguing technical
coordination problems and policy development
challenges with diverse functional,
cultural, and geographic dimensions, and
gain valuable insights and experience from
working across boundaries of knowledge,
responsibility and perspective.
Additionally, those selected will gain the
satisfaction of making a valuable public
service contribution.? More information on
the positions to be filled is posted at
<http://www.icann.org/committees/nom-comm/formal-call-2006.html>.
? Action: CAN REGISTRY POLICIES &
CONTRACTS BENEFIT USERS? Of course they
can. But to what degree do they? The GNSO
Council is seeking public comments on
developing policies on several issues that
apply to generic top level domains (gTLDs)
(eg. price controls), rather than treating
them as matters to negotiate with each
Registry separately on a contract by
contract basis. The ALAC is considering all
this in terms of users? interests and
welcomes your input. Public comments are
needed by 30 April. More information is
posted at <http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-16mar06.htm>.
On 2 March 2006, the GNSO Council launched a
policy development process (PDP) on
?Policies for contractual conditions for
existing gTLDs.? It arose out of the
Council?s consideration of the .NET and .COM
agreements, as well as issues surrounding
the introduction of new gTLDs. The overall
goal of this policy development process is
?to determine what policies are appropriate
for the future of gTLDs within the context
of ICANN's mission and core values, that
relate to the issues identified in the
specific terms of reference below.? The
Council is specifically seeking public comments related to:
1. Registry agreement renewal
2. Relationship between registry agreements and consensus policies
3. Policy for price controls for registry services
4. ICANN fees
5. Uses of registry data
6. Investments in development and infrastructure
Please submit comments to the Council at
<gtld-policies-tor@xxxxxxxxx> and make sure
you share your views with the At-Large
community at our new website <www.icannalac.org> so we know what your think.
? Information: CHECK-OUT
WWW.ICANNALAC.ORG Members of the ALAC
created a new website -- www.icannalac.org
-- for the At-Large community. It is
intended to help inform and encourage a
dialogue among members of ICANN's At-Large
community about domain name system issues
that affect the world's Internet users.
At-Large community members are encouraged to
register and share thoughts, announcements,
news and commentary relating to ICANN and
the interests of individual Internet users.
The new website is run by the members of the
ALAC, for the use and benefit of you, the
users. It is not run by ICANN and is
independent of <www.icann.org>. It features
news and commentary on hot topics, on line
discussions organized by issues, photos, newsletters, and more.
? Information: SOMETHING?S MISSING IN
THE DNS A majority of the world?s Internet
users can?t have a domain name in their own
language (using non-Latin scripts). ICANN
established guidelines for the introduction
of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) on
the second level of the DNS (domain name
system) last year, and now the ICANN
President's Advisory Committee on IDNs has
proposed a timetable leading to the
technical testing of IDNs in top level
domains (the TLD level). More information is
posted at
<http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-14mar06.htm>.
The ALAC?s latest IDN statement is posted at
<http://icann.org/meetings/wellington/alac-idn-statement-27mar06.htm>.
The President?s Advisory Committee on IDNs
is preparing a proposal for a technical test
of internationalized top level domain
labels. Representatives from all regions of
the world are taking part in the discussion
of the technical test, which will include
two approaches to the insertion of IDN
records into the root zone of the DNS.
According to ICANN, ?the test procedure will
ensure that enabling multiple languages at
the top level will not adversely affect
users. It will also establish the technical
methods that are available for such
deployment and will enable ICANN's policy
development bodies to move forward with
their ongoing work with regard to policy
decisions essential to a production
environment in which users will be able to
access the Internet using their local languages.?
The ALAC recently held an IDN Workshop for
users at the ICANN meeting in Wellington,
and issued an IDN statement outlining key
principles to guide IDN implementation. See
<http://icann.org/meetings/wellington/agenda-idn-28mar06.htm>
and
<http://icann.org/meetings/wellington/alac-idn-statement-27mar06.htm>
for more information. Share your views,
questions, and suggestions on IDNs at our new website <www.icannalac.org>.
? Information: IF YOU MISSED THE
AT-LARGE FORUMS ON NEW TLDs & IDNs, CATCH
THEM ON-LINE At the recent Asia-Pacific
ICANN meeting in Wellington, the ALAC
sponsored a forum on how to launch a new top
level domain selection process that enhances
user and registrant choice worldwide, and a
workshop to educate and inform users on
implementing internationalized domain names
(IDNs) so the world's non-English speaking
communities can use domain names in their
own language. An Asia-Pacific At-Large
Organizing meeting and ALAC meetings also
were held in Wellington. For those who
couldn?t make it to New Zealand, audio files
and wiki notes have been posted by attendees. It?s almost like being there.
(Note: the notes and audio files were not
created by ICANN and are not posted on ICANN?s website).
- At-Large New TLDs forum: <http://icannwiki.org/IUF_2006_03_26>
- At-Large IDN Workshop: (audience notes)
<http://icannwiki.org/IUW_2006_03_28>;
(audio file)
<http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/27/1845496.html#attachments>;
(agenda and slides)
<http://icann.org/meetings/wellington/agenda-idn-28mar06.htm>)
- Other sessions: (links to audience notes)
<http://icannwiki.org/Wellington_Schedule_%26_Session_Notes>
After you?ve had a chance to review this
wealth of information, don?t forget to share
your thoughts with the At-Large community
and the ALAC at our new website <www.icannalac.org>.
? Information: AT-LARGE NOW
EXTRA-LARGE At-Large continues to grow,
welcoming its newest user
groups: Privaterra, based in Canada;
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial
E-mail, based in the USA; Internet Society
Hong Kong, based in P.R. China; Internet
Society Quebec, based in Canada; and CAUCE
Canada. Thirty-eight organizations have
registered as ?At-Large Structures? and
applications are pending from 14 more groups
worldwide that want to involve individual
Internet users in ICANN. Join a group or
form a new one. Information is posted at
<http://alac.icann.org/announcements/announcement-23may05.htm>.
? Information: NEW ALAC CHAIR: At
the ICANN Wellington meeting, ALAC member
Annette Muehlberg took over for the ALAC?s
founding Chair, Vittorio Bertola. The ALAC
joins the ICANN community in thanking
Vittorio for his dedicated leadership and
vision in launching and leading the ALAC and
the growing network of At-Large user groups.
The Interim At-Large Advisory Committee
alac@xxxxxxxxx
www.icannalac.org
If a group you are involved with wants to
influence decisions that shape the Internet,
register as an "At-Large Structure" and
participate in ICANN decisions critical to
the Internet's end users. ?At-Large
Structure? registration is free, easy, and
done via email. Groups interested
participating in ICANN At-Large are
encouraged to send an email to
<als@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> or get more information
and an application on line < www.alac.icann.org/applications/>.
_________________________________________________________________
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html
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